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Larry Dighera wrote:

What is the principal difference between those other
means and singling out light aircraft?

Public ignorance. They're comfortable with trucks, but the vast majority of
them don't understand aviation. That makes it easy to convince them we're
nothing but spoiled rich brats playing with our expensive toys.

It's all about the money tree. The "homeland security" money tree is the
biggest one around and the easiest to shake. The "security" industry
motto is "scare and share". If we are afraid of everything, then
everything has to have a big, expensive security apparatus laid over it.
Who wins? Guess. The government "security agencies", and the usual
Fortune 50 techno companies. Easy money. It doesn't even have to work.
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